of the servants of Satan. By
representing the basest of men as in heaven, and highly exalted there,
Satan says to the world: "No matter how wicked you are; no matter whether
you believe or disbelieve God and the Bible. Live as you please; heaven is
your home." The Spiritualist teachers virtually declare, "Every one that
doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delighteth in them;
or, Where is the God of judgment?"(990) Saith the word of God, "Woe unto
them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and
light for darkness."(991)

The apostles, as personated by these lying spirits, are made to contradict
what they wrote at the dictation of the Holy Spirit when on earth. They
deny the divine origin of the Bible, and thus tear away the foundation of
the Christian's hope, and put out the light that reveals the way to
heaven. Satan is making the world believe that the Bible is a mere
fiction, or at least a book suited to the infancy of the race, but now to
be lightly regarded, or cast aside as obsolete. And to take the place of
the word of God he holds out spiritual manifestations. Here is a channel
wholly under his control; by this means he can make the world believe what
he will. The Book that is to judge him and his followers he puts in the
shade, just where he wants it; the Saviour of the world he makes to be no
more than a common man. And as the Roman guard that watched the tomb of
Jesus spread the lying report which the priests and elders put into their
mouths to disprove His resurrection, so do the believers in spiritual
manifestations try to make it appear that there is nothing miraculous in
the circumstances of our Saviour's life. After thus seeking to put Jesus
in the background, they call attention to their own miracles, declaring
that these far exceed the works of Christ.

It is true that Spiritualism is now changing its form, and, veiling some
of its more objectionable features, is assuming a Christian guise. But its
utterances from the platform and the press have been before the public for
many years, and in these its real character stands revealed. These
teachings cannot be denied or hidden.

Even in its present form, so far from being more worthy of toleration than
formerly, it is really a more dangerous, because a more subtle deception.
While it formerly denounced Christ and the Bible, it now _professes_ to
accept both. But the Bible is interpreted in a manner that is pleasi